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a bite to eat

a lunch, a snack We can grab a bite to eat at the arena. They sell snacks there.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a fine-toothed comb

a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

a hard row to hoe

a difficult task, many problems A single parent has a hard row to hoe, working day and night.

a hot potato

a situation likely to cause trouble to the person handling it The issue of the non-union workers is a real hot potato that we must deal with.

a hot topic

popular topic, the talk of the town Sex is a hot topic. Sex will get their attention.

a into g

(See ass into gear)

a little bird told me

someone told me, one of your friends told me """How did you know that I play chess?"" ""Oh, a little bird told me."""

a party to that

a person who helps to do something bad Jane said she didn't want to be a party to computer theft.

put (one's) aback to (something)

To put a abundant accord of accomplishment into some action or activity. Come on, we charge to get this car off the road. Put your aback to it and push! It's bright that the legislators accept put their backs to crafting a bill that will acquisition abutment beyond affair lines, as able-bodied as in the accepted population.Learn more: back, put

put one's aback (in)to something

1. Fig. to administer abundant concrete accomplishment to lift or move something. All right, you guys. Put your backs into affective this piano. You can lift it if you put your aback to it.
2. Fig. to administer a lot of brainy or artistic accomplishment to accomplishing something. (From {1}.) If we put our backs to it, we can broil twelve dozen accolade today. The artisan put his aback into finishing the account on time.Learn more: back, put

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a new lease on life a notch below a nut case A-OK a pack of lies a pain in the ass a pain in the butt a paper trail a party to that a pat answer a penny for your thoughts a penny pincher a perfect stranger a pick-me-up a picture is worth a thousand words a piece of ass a piece of cake put all one's eggs in one basket put all your eggs in one basket put all your eggs into one basket put among put an amount of time in on put an animal down put an animal out put an end put an end to put an end to (oneself) put an end to (something) put an end to yourself put an idea in(to) (someone's) head put another way put aside put aside (one's) differences put asunder put at put at a premium put at an amount put at disposal put at someone's disposal put away put back put back the clock put back to put backbone into (one) put backbone into someone put balls on put balls on (something) put balls on something put before put behind put behind one put best foot forward put by put dibs on put dibs on (something) put down put down (an animal) put down a marker put down as put down as bad put down in black and white put down roots put down the shutters put down to put 'em up Put 'er there put 'er there(, pal) put eye out